Types
assesses learning at any point during a lesson or unit, informs our teaching
What is formative assessment?
spelling test at the end of the week
What is summative assessment?
works best when there are varying degrees of correctness
What is a rubric?
occurs at the end of a unit or period of time, determines the degree of student mastery
What is summative assessment?
exit slip on day one of a new concept
What is formative assessment?
special education students spend the most time possible in a general education setting
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
demonstrating ability to complete or perform a task designed to assess the knowledge of a concept
What is performance assessment?
3rd grade guarantee, students need to do well in order to move on
the extent to which any assessment technique yields results that are accurate and consistent over time
a type of criterion-referenced assessment in which the objectives of the curriculum are the criteria against which children's performances are evaluated
What is curriculum-based assessment?
What is performance assessment?
The extent to which any assessment technique fulfills the purpose for which it is intended
a process of assessment that is an integral part of the curriculum, in contrast to tests or assessments that are given apart from daily teaching and instruction
What is curriculum-embedded assessment?
instead of circling correctly sorted images on a worksheet, students sort real objects by color, shape, and size
What is authentic assessment?
a test, process, procedure, result, use of result, or any other aspect of assessment that unfairly discriminates against one individual or group in favor of another
What is bias?